St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-05-01
A COLD WATER STATE.
Prohibition Maine Getting an Ample Dose
Of Her Much-Loved and Hitherto
Innocuous Beverage.
Serious Floods Reported at Various Points.
Causing Immense Damage to Ex-
posed Property.
The Rivers On the Rampage, the RAIN
Pouring Down and the End
Not Yet.
New Hampshire Also Suffers-- a
Vessel Wrecked Or Block
Island.

BANGOR, Me-, April 30.-The water In
the PenObscot river has reached a very high
point. The roads out of the city are over.
noWed and many culverts have been carried
away. Numerous washouts have occurred
on the railroads, and trains are DELAYED
badly.
AT AUGUSTA.
AUGUSTA, Me-. April 3O.-The water i'm
the Kenne5ec is rising slowly. The own
ers OF property on wharves and in cellars
along the river are moving their effects t0
places of safety.
LEWISTON. Me-, April 3O.-Ths An
droscoggin has risen thirty inches in tbe
last twenty-four hours and is within two
feet or the freshet of 1878. Considerable
inconvenience is suffered from high water
but the damage thus far is small.
AT GARDINER.
GARDINER, Me-, April 30.-The tide al
O'Clock this evening was the highest we'd
recorded. The causeway is completely SUBJ
merged. The Maine Central railroad for
more than quarter of mile in Farming
dale is eight inches to two feet under water.
Every basement along Water street is. filed.
Inc height OF the water has stopped the
running OF the shoe factory, and every
saw mill, planning mill and machine shop.
throwing 500 employees out of work.
Inc mails east of Augusta and
from the stage routes are only reached herS
ny carriers leaving the coaches and fordins
the streams. The main road between
Augusta and Gardiner is under wafer al
several places, rendering travel impossible.
The roads through the surrounding coun.
try are reported generally impossible,
AT PETERBoRO.
PETERBGRO N H AnriI On nnr;no-
heavy shower yesterday afternoon a
water spout burst on Fairbanks hill, in
west PeterDoro, and caused the most
damaging Washout ever known in the town.
The water came down in sheets, covering
the entire hillside, and upon reaching the
streets swept everything before it, Large
rocks weighing two tons were moved from
their beds and left in the middle of the
street.
AT FAIRFIELD.
FAIRFIELD, Me-, April 3O.-The greatest
freShet since 1869 prevails here, and the
water is still rising rapidly. The bulkhead
at Somerset is gone, taking with it $40, 600
worth OF logs. A big jam from Carratunk
went by here this morning. The pulp milI
bridge has started, and unless held the.
other bridges will be endangered.
AT CONCORD.
CONCORD, N. H., April 30.-The recent
heavy rains have caused the Merrimac
river to overflow its banks, ssand the inter-
Wales are completely submerged. The
river is still rising, having come UP nearly
four feet since last night
AT WATERViLLE.
WATERvILLE, Me-. April 3O.-Rain has
been falling for thirty-six hours. and the
water in the kennebec river has risen to a,
greater height than has been known for
eighteen years. Two million logs at the
Somerset mills have broken loose and are
floating past to the sea. Many buildings
along the river bank are afloat, and the
water is still rising at the rate of sixsinches
per hour. The damage cannot fail to be
great.